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Show THE MINES OrgOPHIR. From the Deseret News. For a model mining qamp one needs to go to Ophlr. It should not bo Inferred In-ferred from this that other Utah camps aro bad, for they arc (lot; tho fact Is they can all be classed as-models, without with-out getting over the, border lines of truth. Hut Ophlr Is an exceptionally modest llttlo town, strunj; nlong a. nnr-row nnr-row canyon, shut In tin nil sides by precipitous mountains, with tho blue sklew above the only long-distance view unobstructed. GOOD CLASS OF CITIZENS. The citizens of Ophlr, ns a whole, are refined, and they enjoy life Just about ns well ns the city folks -do, They have their own entertainments at the town hall frequently, but, of course, when they want to see something big In the way of theatricals they must come to Snlt Lake City, tho distance being less thnn forty miles. - s SUPT. CLARK'S DIPLOMACY. The greater portion of the population derive tlielr livelihood from the Ophlr-Hlll Ophlr-Hlll mine, one of tho most productive In the Stnte, owned by;Senator William A. Clark of Montana. Tho pleasant social conditions prevailing In the camp are due to the care exerclsecfby Superintendent Super-intendent E. W.' Clnrk In tho 'selection of employees. Mr Clnrk Is u very good Judge of human nntuic, and; he consumes con-sumes little time In "sizing up" an applicant ap-plicant for work. The Itinerant miner is not wanted at all, and when such an Individual presents himself ho Is uu-aily uu-aily told In diplomatic style to ' go down the canyon," thin there nre no positions vacnnt. MrJjClark'has llttlo use for men who canript be depended, , upon to do their dutjVbut Jith,approaT , ates good service, nmljwhenevfr nn-em" ployee Is worthy of promotion he Is n6t forgotten nt the opportune-, time 'The regulation reKnrdingjttlJscirjUne at tho ophir-uiil ifcve h.ui TtlsplorTdid moral olt'ect in the 1painp, hr, h rnlght ban (Continued NcHt'Week.) |